Suppose That Monetary Neutrality and the Fisher Effect Both Hold

question 91

Multiple Choice

Suppose that monetary neutrality and the Fisher effect both hold. An increase in the money supply growth rate increases

• A)the inflation rate and the nominal interest rate by the same number of percentage points.
• B)nominal interest rates but by less than the percentage point increase in the inflation rate.
• C)the inflation rate but not the nominal interest.
• D)neither the inflation rate nor the nominal interest rate.

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